Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure 565 478 432
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.80% 14.32% 9.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.49% 54.88% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 438 362 290
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,375 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,299 871 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 15.63% 26.09% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 926 634 582
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £53,642
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -16.11% +7.28%
75th Percentile £68,722 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,870 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.78% -7.69% +4.00%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 8 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire 0 217 £60,000 +9.09% 90
Essex -6 118 £40,000 - 43
Cambridgeshire -18 107 £55,000 +52.78% 106
Suffolk +29 59 £50,000 -11.11% 34
Norfolk -7 38 £47,500 -5.00% 18
Bedfordshire -20 26 £37,500 +10.29% 22
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 101 (17.88%) SharePoint
2 50 (8.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.95%) WordPress
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.53%) IIS
4 3 (0.53%) SAS
5 2 (0.35%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) Luigi
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 31 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.35%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.35%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 195 (34.51%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (20.35%) Entra ID
3 72 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
4 68 (12.04%) AWS
5 65 (11.50%) Power Platform
6 58 (10.27%) OneDrive
7 56 (9.91%) Azure AI
8 27 (4.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 27 (4.78%) Power Automate
9 26 (4.60%) PowerApps
10 25 (4.42%) GitHub
11 21 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (3.36%) GCP
14 17 (3.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 17 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (3.01%) SaaS
15 16 (2.83%) GitHub Copilot
16 10 (1.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 78 (13.81%) Firewall
2 66 (11.68%) DNS
3 52 (9.20%) DHCP
4 51 (9.03%) VPN
5 41 (7.26%) TCP/IP
6 20 (3.54%) MQTT
7 18 (3.19%) Wireless
8 12 (2.12%) VLAN
8 12 (2.12%) WAN
9 11 (1.95%) Internet
9 11 (1.95%) LAN
9 11 (1.95%) Network Security
9 11 (1.95%) VoIP
10 8 (1.42%) PBX
11 7 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.71%) DMZ
12 4 (0.71%) Structured Cabling
13 2 (0.35%) IP Telephony
13 2 (0.35%) WLAN
14 1 (0.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (16.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 56 (9.91%) MongoDB
3 45 (7.96%) Power BI
4 27 (4.78%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.07%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.30%) Tableau
7 11 (1.95%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.88%) MySQL
10 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.53%) Redis
10 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.35%) Big Data
11 2 (0.35%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.35%) Metadata
11 2 (0.35%) Spatial Data
12 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 23 (4.07%) Git
2 11 (1.95%) JIRA
3 5 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.71%) Selenium
5 3 (0.53%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.53%) git-flow
5 3 (0.53%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.35%) GitLab
6 2 (0.35%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.18%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.18%) JMeter
7 1 (0.18%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.18%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.18%) Vite
7 1 (0.18%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 223 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.09%) Finance
3 28 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (2.48%) Legal
5 13 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (2.30%) Law
5 13 (2.30%) Marketing
5 13 (2.30%) Retail
6 11 (1.95%) Public Sector
7 9 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (1.59%) Games
7 9 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (0.88%) Advertising
8 5 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
9 4 (0.71%) Aviation
9 4 (0.71%) Banking
9 4 (0.71%) Music Industry
10 3 (0.53%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.53%) Billing
Job Titles
1 137 (24.25%) Developer
2 108 (19.12%) IT Support
3 82 (14.51%) .NET Developer
4 76 (13.45%) Support Engineer
5 71 (12.57%) Analyst
5 71 (12.57%) IT Engineer
6 64 (11.33%) Senior
7 62 (10.97%) IT Support Engineer
8 38 (6.73%) Lead
9 33 (5.84%) Junior
10 30 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (5.31%) Junior Analyst
11 29 (5.13%) Consultant
12 27 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
13 26 (4.60%) Senior Developer
14 25 (4.42%) Support Analyst
15 23 (4.07%) Graduate
16 22 (3.89%) 2nd Line Support
17 20 (3.54%) Network Engineer
17 20 (3.54%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (20.00%) .NET
2 89 (15.75%) .NET Core
3 77 (13.63%) ASP.NET
3 77 (13.63%) ASP.NET Core
4 62 (10.97%) RESTful
5 48 (8.50%) CSS
6 44 (7.79%) HTML
7 35 (6.19%) Entity Framework
8 33 (5.84%) React
9 30 (5.31%) ML.NET
10 29 (5.13%) Blazor
11 26 (4.60%) Node.js
12 23 (4.07%) FastAPI
13 22 (3.89%) AngularJS
13 22 (3.89%) Terraform
14 21 (3.72%) ASP.NET Web API
14 21 (3.72%) Kafka
14 21 (3.72%) RabbitMQ
14 21 (3.72%) Vue
15 20 (3.54%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.08%) Driving Licence
2 39 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.84%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.12%) Cyberattack
6 12 (2.12%) Security Posture
7 11 (1.95%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.24%) CCTV
10 7 (1.24%) iPhone
10 7 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.06%) Digital TV
12 5 (0.88%) Legacy Code
12 5 (0.88%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 152 (26.90%) Windows
2 84 (14.87%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (2.30%) Linux
5 12 (2.12%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.12%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.95%) Android
7 10 (1.77%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.35%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (20.71%) Agile
2 114 (20.18%) AI
3 96 (16.99%) DevOps
4 94 (16.64%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (14.34%) Full-Stack Development
7 80 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 80 (14.16%) Mentoring
8 77 (13.63%) CI/CD
9 56 (9.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 50 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
10 50 (8.85%) Machine Learning
11 44 (7.79%) Roadmaps
12 42 (7.43%) Service Delivery
13 41 (7.26%) Cloud Security
13 41 (7.26%) Containerisation
14 39 (6.90%) ITIL
14 39 (6.90%) Migration
15 37 (6.55%) Customer Service
15 37 (6.55%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 170 (30.09%) SQL
2 133 (23.54%) C#
3 81 (14.34%) Python
4 52 (9.20%) PowerShell
5 47 (8.32%) JavaScript
6 36 (6.37%) TypeScript
7 15 (2.65%) PHP
8 12 (2.12%) C++
9 9 (1.59%) Bicep
10 8 (1.42%) Java
11 7 (1.24%) Rust
12 5 (0.88%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.71%) Bash
14 3 (0.53%) Ruby
14 3 (0.53%) Scala
15 2 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.35%) Go
16 1 (0.18%) R
16 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 91 (16.11%) Azure Certification
2 71 (12.57%) Degree
3 29 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 28 (4.96%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.36%) CCNA
6 19 (3.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (2.48%) Security Cleared
9 12 (2.12%) CEH
9 12 (2.12%) CompTIA CySA+
10 9 (1.59%) CCNP
10 9 (1.59%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.42%) SC Cleared
12 6 (1.06%) CISSP
13 5 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.53%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.53%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.31%) QA
2 26 (4.60%) SLA
3 24 (4.25%) GDPR
3 24 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (3.72%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (2.48%) NIST
6 8 (1.42%) NCSC
7 7 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (1.06%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.88%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.88%) GRC
9 5 (0.88%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.71%) PMO
11 3 (0.53%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.18%) HL7
12 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 136 (24.07%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.79%) Docker
3 35 (6.19%) Hyper-V
4 27 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (3.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.71%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (14.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (7.96%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.24%) SCCM
4 4 (0.71%) Ansible
5 3 (0.53%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 387 (68.50%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.55%) Cisco
3 36 (6.37%) ForeScout
4 31 (5.49%) VMware
5 26 (4.60%) Apple
6 21 (3.72%) Google
7 13 (2.30%) Facebook
7 13 (2.30%) Meraki
8 12 (2.12%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.77%) Ubiquiti
10 9 (1.59%) Adobe
11 7 (1.24%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.24%) SonicWALL
12 6 (1.06%) Databricks
12 6 (1.06%) Veeam
13 5 (0.88%) Sony
13 5 (0.88%) Yahoo!
14 4 (0.71%) Citrix
14 4 (0.71%) Draytek
14 4 (0.71%) Sophos